The borough needs to know exactly which portions of thoroughfares are necessary to abandon, since utility lines are buried there, Fleagle said.

"I can't make a recommendation to abandon those streets because there are water lines and sewer lines in there," Fleagle said, explaining he couldn't be sure of the affected area without plans.

The Waynesboro Borough Authority, which manages those lines, will want to see plans at its next meeting, too, Fleagle said.

Closing the thoroughfares could affect the ways that residents and emergency vehicles access houses nearby, Monn said. Traffic congestion problems could be created, especially during shift changes, he said.

The hospital asked to close Prospect and Enterprise avenues and two alleys because whatever isn't used for the addition will be made into parking, said Jeff Carty, the hospital's vice president of finance.

"It's going to take everything we own to do this project," Carty said.

The expansion will be on the east side of the building because it's already 70 years newer than the original section, which opened in 1922, according to Ken Shur, chief operating officer of Waynesboro Hospital.

Monn questioned whether the hospital will expand beyond the land recently prepared for expansion when houses were demolished.

"We think we have sufficient real estate to work with," Shur said.

Hospital officials said an architect has presented four preliminary plans. They were asked to return with those as sketch plans.

"Maybe it's the engineer in me, but I'd like to know how this is going to play out. Generally, I don't have a problem with it. If the hospital expands out there, great," Fleagle said.